New York mayor Bill de Blasio is doing whatever he can to encourage his constituents to get vaccinated. And he’s going to desperate lengths. To be clear, desperate times call for measures. We’re still in a pandemic. But while his intentions are very, very good, his efforts are still hilarious.
He made a truly bizarre video of himself eating burger and fries to promote a free Shake Shack meal for vaccinated New Yorkers. And on Tuesday, de Blasio tried a different angle. At the vaccination sites outside Barclay’s Center, the home of the Brooklyn Nets, people can get playoff tickets with their shot. (There are a limited number of tickets.)
To promote this initiative, de Blasio went to a press conference wearing a Nets jersey and hat. It was … quite the look, which led to a lot of jokes on Twitter.
Bill de Blasio is a Nets fan for the day. pic.twitter.com/4PT40ssyBs
— The Big Lead (@TheBigLead) May 18, 2021
My summer fit pic.twitter.com/hRibJkTdgn
— Lizzie O'Leary (@lizzieohreally) May 18, 2021
The last thing you see before you’re priced out of your neighborhood pic.twitter.com/YAe8rKUJ6n
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 18, 2021
big basketball fan pic.twitter.com/gHFza8D6EU
— Matt Berman (@Mr_Berman) May 18, 2021
it's not too late to impeach this man pic.twitter.com/BfR0XrB18t
— Vinson Cunningham (@vcunningham) May 18, 2021
Brooklyn Nets fan final form pic.twitter.com/P2eEaMryrp
— Robert Kornhauser (@RbrtKornhauser) May 18, 2021
This is who the Nets replaced LaMarcus Aldridge with? pic.twitter.com/jB3Op1yhXE
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) May 18, 2021
Commuting 80 minutes each way to go 0-for-4 in a Park Slope YMCA pickup game pic.twitter.com/flxz6ZH0aG
— Kyle Allester Koster (@KyleKoster) May 18, 2021
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) May 18, 2021
By day, mild-mannered Bill deBlasio is the mayor of the largest city in America. By night, he's… a Brooklyn Net!! https://t.co/soOM526j0c
— Ryan (@rysimmons) May 18, 2021
Be right back, gotta go pick up my Shake Shack burger.
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